Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Tuesday, January 8 2019) – Walking With God

1.Thank You, Father, for Your grace and mercy that have kept me till now, because if You are to mark sin, no man shall stand.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, please, deliver me from the spirit of lying, hypocrisy and deceit, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, empower me not to think more highly of myself, than I ought to, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith given unto me, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, please, do not cut me off from You, but purge and prune me, that I may bring forth more fruits, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, please, cause me to be fruitful and to multiply, in all that I lay my hands upon to do, in life, particularly, in evangelism and soul winning, in Jesus’ name. Open Heaven 8 January 2019

7.Father, please empower me not to frustrate the grace of your divine righteousness that came through my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

8.Father, remove everything called vanity from my heart, that I may not die before my time, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, please, help me to live through today, without committing a single sin, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, grant Your son Pastor E.A. Adeboye, all his heart’s desires, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures; help him to overcome every challenge of getting these prayer points across to Your children timely, on daily basis, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)

RCCG JANUARY 2019 (ANNUAL) THANKSGIVING SERVICE WITH PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE: THE CLOUD OF GLORY

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 6TH JANUARY, 2019

Thank you Lord, Hallelujah!

PRAYERS:

1. Why don’t you lift up your hands to the Most High God and just bless His Holy Name. Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Praise Him for everything He did for you last year. Praise Him for bringing you to this New Year. Magnify His Holy Name, Praise Him (3ce). He is worthy to be Praised. Bless the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, bless the Ancient of Days.

… Thank you Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

2. Now lift up your voice to Him loud and clear and say Father; throughout this Year (2019), let me have cause to Praise you. Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God – throughout this Year (2019) oh Lord from January to December; let me have cause to Praise your Name day-by-day, week-by-week, Month-by-Month throughout this Year (2019). Let me have cause to to Praise your Name. Thank you Father, in Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

OPENING PRAYERS

My Father and my God, the Ancient of Days, the Alpha and the Omega, the Unchangeable Changer, we worship you.

Thank you for last year, thank you for this year and thank you for tomorrow. Be Glorified forever oh Lord. Accept our thanks in Jesus Name.

Father, this Year; from the beginning to the ending let us have cause to sing, let us have cause to dance and let us have cause to Praise your Name. Let this Year be a year of Joy for us. Let it be a Year of “Continuous Thanksgiving” Lord.

And please Lord, all your children who has been Faithful in the payment of their tithes and giving of their offerings; this Year embarrass them with your Blessings. Silence all their Mockers. Promote them oh Lord.

Take them to “Greater Heights”.

And wherever they may be all over the world today (or reading); send Help to your children. At the end of everything Lord, let your Name be Glorified again.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Well let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

I want you to find two (2) or three (3) people that you have not seen this Year and say “Happy New Year” God bless You.

From the Entire Crew of Discovery Media Crew, Happy New Year to you all from our desk. We hope you enjoy every bit our work.

… And then you may please be seated.

And am saying “Happy New Year” to all of you particularly to our Royal fathers. May this Year be Glorious in your Kingdom in Jesus Name.

Today, we want to Praise the Lord so it should not be a long sermon. Open Heaven 8 January 2019

One of my sons was talking to us few days ago and he summarized everything in a sentenced: “Anyone who is not Grateful to God is a Great Fool”.

Is there any fool here today? If you are wise shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

BIBLE TEXT: PSALMS 116: 12-14

12. What shall I render unto the LORD for all His benefits towards me?

13. I will take the cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of the LORD.

14. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the Presence of His people.

David said: What shall I rendered unto the LORD for all of His benefits towards me? Then he said I will take the cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the Presence of His people.

You know a man’s life/ woman’s life can be divided into three (3) parts: Past Present and Future.

So today, I want you to thank God in three (3) parts: Thank God for the Past, thank God for the Present and thank God for the Future.

1. Why must I thank God for the Past?

When you get home, read Psalms 124: 1-8. It says that if the Lord has not been on our side, what shall we be saying now?

Do you know that not everyone who sleeps that wakes up? There are many people who slept last year and did not wake up? And for three hundred and sixty (365) days; you slept and you woke up.

Whether you believed it or not, there are forces of darkness holding meetings concerning you constantly. Each time you slept, they are plotting how you will not wake up but God was on your side. He gave you Victories over enemies known and unknown.

So for what God did last year; let me hear somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

2. Why must I thank God for the Present?

Psalms 150:6 says: Let everything that has breadth Praise the Lord.

Are you still breathing? Then shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Now why will God said that anyone who is breathing should Praise Him?

It is because as long as you are still breathing, there is hope for you.

The Bible says that a living dog is better than a dead lion. Once a lion is dead, it is dead. The dog that is still living can multiply.

Oh, last year I thought that I will marry but I didn’t; you are still alive and there is hope for you. I thought last year I will be promoted but there was no promotion; you are still alive there is hope for you.

I thought last year that this will happened and that will happened; you are still alive. And as long as the Lord is still on the throne, there is hope for you.

So those of you who knows that you are not an “Hopeless Case” let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Some of you remembered the story of a lady: she lost her job, they stole her car and then her kitchen caught fire.

And she came to Church dancing, rejoicing and everybody say of all people you are rejoicing? She said oh yes. I lost my job not my life I can still get another job.

They stole my car, they didn’t steal my Salvation. My kitchen got burnt but am not going to hell.

If you are still alive today and still breathing let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

3. And then why should I thank God for the future?

See many people don’t know why they should thank God for the future because the future is unknown. We don’t know what this New Year may bring.

But the Bible says in Revelations 1:8; Jesus described Himself. He said that I am the Alpha and the Omega; the Beginning and the Ending.

The One who was (that is the Past); the One who is (that is Present) and the One who is to come (that is the Future); the Almighty.

Oh, you don’t know what tomorrow may bring but if you are a Christian you have nothing to worry about because where you are going to, the Omega is waiting for you.

I have said this to you before that no human being can control your future. Your future is in the Hands of the Omega; the One who is called the Almighty.

So because the Almighty is waiting for you; in February He is there, March He is there, April He is there and all the way to December, He is there.

So I know without any doubt that your tomorrow will be alright. If you believe that shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

But then there is one other reason why you should thank God for the future. And you will find it in what David said in 1 Samuel 17:34-37.

He said to King Saul that while in the past that I was taking care of the sheep of my father; the lion came to take one of the sheep, I grab the lamb from the lion. The lion stood up to fight me, I punched him and kill him.

A bear came, repeated the same thing; I punched him and kill the bear. He said that the same God who delivered me from the lion and delivered me from the bear will take care of the Goliath.

What was he saying?

The God who was Faithful last year will be Faithful in the future.

That is why am decreeing to somebody here today (or reading); it doesn’t matter what 2019 may bring, the God who saw you through 2018 will see you through.

Be grateful for the Past because the Past will take care of the Present. Be grateful for the Present because the Present is the mother of the future.

Praise God for what He has done, Praise Him for what He is doing and Praise Him for what He is yet to do.

The elders has a Proverb. It says that when you see an hunter who has just returned from a successful hunting expedition and he is beginning to offer sacrifice to the “god of the iron”; he is not doing so because of the animal he has already hunt. He is doing so because of the animals that remains in the bush.

So if you thank God very well today for what He had already done; He will pour additional Blessings in the Year 2019.

The only fellow who could go through 2019 with fear and without hope is the one who has not gotten Jesus Christ. Because the Bible says in Colossians 1:27; “Christ in me, the Hope of Glory”.

I can guarantee to every Christian that this Year will be a Glorious Year for you.

So David asked the question: What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits unto me?

And I have just mentioned a few. You can add many others.

If you have ever visited the prison (and I do so regularly); you will discover that not everybody in the prison are criminals. Some people didn’t do anything wrong but landed there.

I have told us the story before of a young man the first time I visited Kirikiri Prison in 1975. He was on the organ playing and dancing.

So I asked the elderly Pastor who took me there (Pastor Alabi of Blessed Memory); they are going to release that boy next week? Because we went on Sunday and he was about twenty five (25) years old. He said no, he is here for life!

Ah, what did he do? He said he had a little quarrel with his friend and slap the friend. The friend fell down and died. So they took him the court, charge him for murder.

When everybody came to testify they were friends and its just a little misunderstanding. So they said that we won’t kill him but send him to Life Imprisonment.

Oh, I have been there. I have seen people in prison who has been in prison for 13 years for an offence that if they are found guilty of, they will serve for three (3) years but they are still awaiting trials.

You are at home, you can sleep when you want, you can go where you want to go, you can eat what you want to eat. Nobody has lied against you.

You have a hand that you can wave, your eyes can still see, your mouth can still speak, your ears can still hear, your mouth can still shout Hallelujah!

What can I render? It is up to you!

But David said that I will take the “Cup of Salvation” meaning that if you are not yet saved, you will receive Salvation. If you are already saved, you will share your Salvation with others.

You will share the “Cup of Salvation” by telling others that I have tasted the Lord, He is Good. So come and taste Him too.

Then he said; I will call on the Name of the Lord.

What does he mean by that?

He said I will eulogized God: I will call Him the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Ancient of Days, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Unchangeable Changer, the One who was, the One who is and the One who is to come; the One who can never failed, my friend, my Provider, my Supporter, my Defender, my All in All.

And then he said that “I will pay my Vows”.

I will give Him something to let Him know that I appreciate Him.

Nobody can decide for you what you can give God as a “Thanksgiving Offering”. It is up to you as you know how much He has done for you.

… So thank Him accordingly.

So if you are here and you are yet to give your life to Jesus; the first thing that you should do is to give Him your life as appreciation.

So if you want to give your life to Jesus, come out very quickly. We will not wait for you because the rest of us wants to Praise God.

The rest of us let us just stand up on our feet and begin to Praise the Almighty God.

Begin to worship the Almighty God. Call Him His Name – King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Ancient of Days. Just go ahead to give Him Glory.

Thank Him for the Past, thank Him for the Present, thank Him for the Future. He is the Rock of Ages, Rose of Sharon, the One that has a Name that is above all names.

If you want to give your life to Jesus, please come quickly and don’t wait for anybody. The Lord is calling you, let this day be your “Day of Salvation”.

So I will count from 1 to 5; come and surrender your life to Jesus. That is the best Gift you can give to Him. He is the One that has kept you alive till today.

He is calling on you as He loves you and so wants to save your soul. He wants you to be member of His family.

… Thank you Almighty Father. Glory be to your Holy Name. In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

GO PRAYS: And so Father we want to say thank you to you – thank you for your Words and thank you for these people who has come forward now. Please Lord receive them in Jesus Name.

Save their souls, let your Blood wash away their sins, write their names in the Book of Life. Receive them into the family of God. And from now on, anytime they call on you answer them by Fire.

And once again am committing all your children here today (or those reading) in your hands; they are going to say thank you today. Even before the end of today give them another Miracle.

On a day-by-day basis this Year (2019); Father give them Testimonies. Let them have Greater Cause to thank you in Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen.

Now those of you who has come forward I rejoice with you and I want to promise you that God helping me; from now on, I will be praying for you.

So I will need your names, address and prayer request. I promise you that I will be praying for you.

The Counsellors will be attending to you in a moment but I want you to be part of the Praise others will be doing just for a few minutes.

So brethren for the next five (5) minutes for our own self, thank the Almighty God – open your mouth and thank Him – Father thank you for my yesterday, thank you for my today, thank you for my tomorrow.

Thank you for my life, Health, Strength and thank you for all the benefits in my life.

… Keep on thanking Him for another four (4) minutes!

EDITORIAL NOTES: The Praises of the Almighty God will not depart from our mouth all through this Year.

… For our Past, Present and Future we give you our “High Praises” Lord.

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OPEN HEAVEN 8 JANUARY 2019 MEMORISE: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:24

OPEN HEAVEN 8 JANUARY 2019 READ: Psalm 24:3-4, Galatians 2:20-21

Psalm 24:3-4
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Galatians 2:20-21
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

One of the original plans of God for man is for man to continually have fellowship with Him. This is the reason why He created man to be like Himself. Genesis 1:26 says:

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

The Bible further reveals in the second and third chapters of Genesis that after creating man, God fellowshipped with Him until this divine relationship was bungled through sin. Genesis 3:8 says:

“And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.”

From this verse of scripture, it is evident that God came down to take a walk with His beloved image carriers, but sin came and destroyed their fellowship.

The interesting thing is that God is still interested in walking with as many as would determine in their hearts to pay the price of godly living, just like He did with Enoch (Genesis 5:24). Click To Read – Open Heaven 7 January 2019

So, how can we walk with God? The answer lies in the instruction that God gave Abraham in Genesis 17:1:

“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.”

We see from this verse that it was God Himself who appeared to Abraham. In other words, we cannot discover God by our personal efforts. Click To Read – All About Rccg Fasting 2019

You cannot search for the Almighty God through religion; you only discover Him when He reveals Himself to you (Matthew 11:27, John 6:44, John 15:16).

Another lesson is that living a holy life can never be compromised as the condition for walking with God. Immediately God made Himself known to Abraham, He declared holiness as the term on which they could walk together.

This is why I am so addicted to the teaching of holiness. Under the New Testament, to walk with God as a Christian requires experiencing what Paul describes in today’s Bible reading, wherein you must allow your old Adamic nature to die on the cross of Jesus Christ.

That disobedient heart that yearns for its own way, influenced by the old serpent, must be circumcised to bleed to death while you are infused with the new life that flows in the Blood of Jesus Christ.

Then and only then can you have a blessed and successful walk with our Maker.

OPEN HEAVEN 8 JANUARY 2019 PRAYER POINT: Father, please empower me not to frustrate the grace of your divine righteousness that came through my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

OPEN HEAVEN 8 JANUARY 2019 HYMN 6

HAVE YOU BEEN TO JESUS FOR THE CLEANSING POW’R

VERSE 1
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Chorus:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

VERSE 2
Are you walking daily by the Saviour’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

VERSE 3
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white!
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for His presence bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

VERSE 4
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb.

OPEN HEAVEN 8 JANUARY 2019 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 16-17, Isaiah 6:8-7:9

Matthew 16 King James Version (KJV)

16 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Matthew 17 King James Version (KJV)

17 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?

26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Isaiah 6 King James Version (KJV)

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Isaiah 7 King James Version (KJV)

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

10 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.